vee
English
Pronunciation
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Noun
vee (plural vees)
- The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.
- Something with the shape of the letter V.
- 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf:
- One of [the men] took up both spaces on the pink sofa, while the other two drew up chairs from a nearby table and squeezed into them. The armrests were forced out into a tired vee, to the accompaniment of an uneasy creaking sound.
- 2013, Nancy Springer, We Don't Know Why
- The river leapt and rippled like a lizard. Geese flew over in a vee, crying to the sky.
- 2019 December 4, Philip Haigh, “Trains, tickets and tests: LNER outlines its targets”, in Rail, page 62:
- York's new railway offices are rather smart, tucked into the vee of York South Junction where the freight lines diverge to avoid the station.
- (cricket) The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played
- A polyamorous relationship between three people, in which one person has two partners who are not themselves romantically or sexually involved.
Derived terms
Translations
name of the letter V, v
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See also
- (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vêe, from Old Dutch fē, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vee n (uncountable)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: vee
Estonian
Etymology 1
Noun
vee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.
Etymology 2
Noun
vee
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
vee
- The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.
Declension
Inflection of vee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | vee | veet | ||
genitive | veen | veiden veitten | ||
partitive | veetä | veitä | ||
illative | veehen | veihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | vee | veet | ||
accusative | nom. | vee | veet | |
gen. | veen | |||
genitive | veen | veiden veitten | ||
partitive | veetä | veitä | ||
inessive | veessä | veissä | ||
elative | veestä | veistä | ||
illative | veehen | veihin | ||
adessive | veellä | veillä | ||
ablative | veeltä | veiltä | ||
allative | veelle | veille | ||
essive | veenä | veinä | ||
translative | veeksi | veiksi | ||
abessive | veettä | veittä | ||
instructive | — | vein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch fē, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).
Noun
vêe f or n
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
Descendants
Further reading
- “vee”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vee”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Võro
Noun
vee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
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